Mop-wringer.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANS CHRISTENSEN, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISQONSIN.

MOP-WRINGER.

Application filed August 11, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS CHRISTENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Atkinson, in the county of Jefferson and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mopringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin mop wringers, and more particularly tothat class or type in which a mop receiver or receptacle is removably mounted within and detachably Secured to the. edge of the scrub pail or bucket and into which the mop is designed to be inserted and then' twisted so as to squeeze the water therefrom such pail or bucket.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a generally improved article or device of this class of exceedingly simple,- cheap, and etticient Construction better adapted to the purposes for which it is designed than any other device of the same class with which I am acquainted.

More specifically stated, this invention has for its object the provision of a mop receiver or receptacle of improved form which does not require any considerable downward pressure in order to cause the necessary connection between the mop head or rag and the receiver, so that upon the mere twisting or rotation of the handle of the inserted mop the latter Will be properly wrung or squeezed in the operation of squeezing or expressing the water therefrom and returning the same to the mop pail or bucket.

A still further object is the provision of an improved mop receiving and engaging bottom for such mop receiver or receptacle, said bottom comprising a longitudinally corrugated conical shaped member terminating about its base or outer periphery in a series of drain openings which latter also act to initially receive and engage with the free edges of the mop cloth or rag when the latter is intiallv inserted preparatory to the initial twisting of the same in the squeezing' operation.

lVith the above mentioncd and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel Construction, arrangement and combination water being adapted to return into the mop of parts. herenafter described, illustrated Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 44,867.

in one of its embodiments in the accon- Pateted Apr. 4, 1916.

panying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings forning a part of this speeification, Figur-e 1, is a top plan View ofthe improved mop wringer or receiver detachahly mounted within and secured to the edge of an ordinary mop pail or bucket preparatory for use. Fig. 2-, a side elevation of the same from the pail engaging and supporting side thereof, the wrin er or receiver being' removed from the pail for the purpose of clearer illustration of the parts. Fig. 3, a central vertical sectional view taken through the pail engaging' and supporting side thereof.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The improved mop wringer comprises a 'suitable mop receiver or receptacle 1, preferably tapered and flaring as shown, said receiver or receptacle being provided with a plurality of regularly spaced longitudinally extending corrugations l the latter being preferably formed of plane sides ar-" ranged at an angle to each other and converging toward the base or bottom portion of the receptacle `as shown.

As a means of properly receivingtand gripping the free or loose ends of the mop rag or cloth,' the mop receiver or receptacle 1, is provided with a conical shaped mop engaging bottom 2, the latter being provided with a series of longitudinally extending similarly shaped corrugations 2 said corrugations converging at the apex portion of the cone shaped bottom, the apeX or crown portion of the substantially V- shaped corrugations Q however, meeting and being secured to the lower edges or parts of the apex or crown portions of the corrugations l of the receiver or receptacle 1, to form angulai' shaped drain openings 3, as shown iiost clearly in Fi'g. 1 of the drawings, said drain openings being also admirably adapted to receive and engage with the free or loose ends of the mop rag or cloth in the initial twisting or squeezing movement of the same through the rotation of the mop handle "in the wringing operation.

The apex or crown portions of the corrugations l and Q may be connected to each other at the base of the receptacle and conical bottom in a suitable and convenient manner, as for examp1e,-by soldering, welding, or the like and it will be seen that such drain openings 3, also form mop engaging portions as iikewise the corrugations l and Q the conical bottom 2, being adapted to spread out the tree or depending edges of the mop rag or cloth when inserted in the improved receiver or receptacie, the spread out portions of the mop cloth or rag being directed into the annular space ormed by the downwardly converging space intermediate the downwardly converging Wails of the receptacle and bottom. The mop rag or cloth maybe readily disengaged by un`- twisting the same which will act to detach it from the corrugations and mop engagng drain openings 3.

As a convenient means of removably nounting the mop receiver or receptacle 1, within the scrnb 'pail or bucket 4, and detachably mounting and supporting the same -upon one edge of the pail or bncket, one side of the mop receive' or receptacle 1, is provided With a supporting platc or 'bracket 5, (see Fig. 2) said supporting plate or brat-ket 5, tern'inating at its top in a pair of snpportin hooks adapted to receive and take over the upper edge ot the pa'il or bckct 4. and secnrely maintain the mop re- (teiver or receptacie 1, in proper position as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings While in use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my ini'ention will be rezdiiy mderstood.

Having thus described one of the embodiments of my invention, what I claim and desre to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A mop wringer, comprising a tapered corrugated receptacle terminating in a corrugated conical bottom having annuiarly arranged drain openings.

2. A mop Wringer, comprising an inverted truncated cone-shaped receptacle terminating in a conical shaped bottom, said re ceptacle and bottom having longitudinaliy extending intersecting 'corrugations terminating in drai'n openings at the base portion thereof.

3. A mop Wringer, comprising a longitudinaiiy corrngated receptacie having a similarly corrugated conical shaped mop engaging bottom :torrning annnlarly arranged drain openings at the base of said bottom and receptacle.

4. A mop Wringer, comprising a longitudinally corrugated fiaring receptacle, and a iongitudinally corrugated conical bottom, the apex or croWn portions of said corrigations being connected to each other at the base of said receptacle and conical bottom providing mop engagng dran opemngs.

In testmony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HANS CHRISTENSEN.

VVitnesses FRANK CONRAD, CIIARLES PALM. 

